Golf tee



- June 28, 1927.

A. J. STONE GOLF TEE Filed Sept. 11. 1926 [221 1927 tor:- Andrew Jdckson Sione .B a Y,

M AZZ'orne s Patented June 28, 1927. I

ANDREW J. STONE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

. GOLF TEE.

ilpplicatlon fled September 11, 1926. Serial No. 184,788.

This invention pertains to sporting appav ratus andhas for its object toprovide an improved tee for golf balls.

The construction and use of this invention will become ap arent from thedescription 'of a specific em odiment thereof in the followingspecification which is supplemented by the accompanying'drawing inwhich.

Figure 1 is an elevation. of'the improved golf tee showing the magner inwhich it s'up-. ports'the ball; and Y 5" Fig. 2 is avertical sectiontaken the axis of-the device. 1

The improved tee is composed of two parts, a stiffening member-5 anda'flexible or resilient guard 6. The 'reinforcingmember comprises a top7, the upper surface of which is contour and of a radiuszslightly'greater than that of the golf ball with which it is to beused. Thein-member 8 which is attached to the top is pointed at 9 .to. facilitatepushing the tee reinforcing-member is shown as being-made in one piece,it ma be made of two metal parts which are we ded or riveted together,or if a fibre composition, which may be glued or forced together. I

The resilient outer protecting member 10 maybe made of any materialwhich is convenientlymouldedbut is preferably made of rubber. -The topportion is moulded very' soft while .the bottom portion 11 is preferablyvulcanized quite hard in order that it may be forced into the'ground.The rubberthrough may 2 be colored a brilliant hue," such as orange, inorder to distinguish it" from the.

\ usual green of. thefairway onto which it is lo often'knocke during thecourse of Play and also from the brown ofthe ground in the driving area.Duet'o the fact that the upper portion is made of every soft rubber, thetee cannot preferably of a hollow spherical point of said pininto theground. While the member.

name'this 27th day which to lay the ball. The pin portion serves topenetrate the ground and to keep the teestraight.

Obviously various modifications of the above described embodiment ofthis mven- 1 tion may be made Without departing from the scope of theinvention as defined by the appended claims. .I cl aim:-- I 1. In a golftee, apin having a cup shaped head and a resilient casing disposed aboutsaid pinand having a hardened subuliform end associated with an end ofsaid pin.

2. In a golf tee, a metal pin having a cup shaped head and a'rubbercasing moulded about said pin and having atapering portion vulcanized tohardness adjacent ,the

3. 'A golf tee comprising a subuliform resilient member having ahardened-end and reinforced by a metal pin having a cup shaped head anda pointed end projecting from the-hardened portion of said resilient4."In a olf' tee, a subuliform rubber member havlng a'pointed endvulvanized to Y hardness, and a metal reinforcing membercomprising a pindisposed axially of said rubber member and having'a, point extendingbeyond-said vulcanized portion and havingacup shaped head adapted toreceive a golf ball and to reinforce the soft part said rubber member.

5. A golf tee comprising a pin having a cup shaped headand a subuliformrubber protective casing In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe ofAugust, 1926. ANDREW J. I

disposed about said pin.

